David Pasquesi

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David Pasquesi
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David Pasquesi on stage after a show at iO Chicago in April 2013.
BornDecember 22, 1960 (1960-12-22) (age 64)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active1983–present

David Pasquesi (born December 22, 1960) is an American actor and comedian. His screen credits include Father of the Bride (1991), Common Law (1996), Strangers with Candy (1999), The Watcher (2000), Employee of the Month (2004), According to Jim (2005), The Beast (2009), Boss (2011), Chicago Fire (2013), and Lodge 49 (2018)

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Early life

Pasquesi, who is of Italian heritage, was born in Chicago and raised in Lake Bluff, Illinois. He graduated from Lake Forest High School. [1]

Career

Pasquesi starred in the short film Regrets that premiered An Event Apart, and co-starred in I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With . [2] He wrote for Exit 57 and Strangers with Candy, co-wrote and appeared [3] in the Spike TV series Factory , and co-wrote [4] and co-starred in Cop Show. In 2009, he was in the cast of Angels & Demons , where he played the character Claudio Vincenzi. [5] He co-created and co-wrote the new show Merkin Penal. Similar to his role of "Meat Man Stew" in Strangers With Candy , Pasquesi plays "Knife Man" in At Home with Amy Sedaris .

Pasquesi has performed at The Second City, iO Theater, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre. He studied under Del Close in the early 80s, and became part of the first iO Harold team "Baron's Barracudas". He appeared in four mainstage revues at Second City, as well as in plays at the Steppenwolf Theatre and the Goodman Theatre.

In 2009, he played a supporting role in the Harold Ramis film Year One as the Prime Minister of Sodom. [6] Pasquesi was a cast member in the Chicago premiere of Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage at the Goodman Theatre.

TJ and Dave

Since 2002, he has been performing with T. J. Jagodowski in the all improvised show "TJ and Dave". [7] In 2006, they began an Off Broadway run, performing monthly at The Barrow Street Theatre in New York City. [8] The Chicago Reader has described the show as "an hour of subtle character development, verbal facility, and pantomimic agility that anticipates and plays off the audience's reactions." [9] Guests of the show include August: Osage County's Tracy Letts, Academy Award Nominee Michael Shannon, SNL's Mike O'Brien, and Absinthe's Jet Eveleth. The 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival included the documentary Trust Us, This is All Made Up directed by Alex Karpovsky, which chronicles a "T.J. and Dave" performance. [10] [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Light of Day Sophomore
1991 Heaven Is a Playground Hospital clerk
1991 Father of the Bride Hanck, the Caterer
1993 Groundhog Day Psychiatrist
The Fugitive Newscaster
1994 Natural Born Killers CameramanUncredited
The Puppet Masters Vargas
1995 Stuart Saves His Family Tollefson
1996 Chain Reaction Al Vanzetti
1998Temporary GirlPaul, Jeanette's Husband
2000 Return to Me Tony
The Watcher Norton
2002 Joshua Eli Cohen
2003Nobody Knows Anything!Jimmy
2004 Employee of the Month Kyle Lacopa
2005 Strangers with Candy Stew
The Ice Harvest Councilman Williams
2006 I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With Luca Giancarlo
2008 Leatherheads Voiceover Announcer
2009TapiocaLothario
Angels & Demons Claudio Vincenzi
Year One Prime Minister
2010Something Better Somewhere ElseBoss
2011 The Moleman of Belmont Avenue Dave the Hermit
2012 To Rome with Love Tim
Close QuartersCary
2013 Hell Baby Cardinal Vicente
2015 This Isn't Funny Christoffer Anderson
Bloomin Mud Shuffle Fr. Tony
Open TablesDean Ponder
2017 Kings Howard
2018ImperfectionsRod
2020 Monuments Jim
2021Later DaysDJ Shades
2022 Last Looks Darius Jamshidi
2023Le proprietà dei metalliProf. Moretti
2024 All Happy Families Jerry
2025 Death of a Unicorn Pilot

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Dear John Smoke-EnderEpisode: "True Confessions"
Men Will Be BoysTomTelevision film
1991 Dream On AlexEpisode: "To Have and Have and Have and Have Not"
1994 The Shaggy Dog Officer HansonTelevision film
1996 Common Law Henry Beckett5 episodes
1998 Early Edition OrvilleEpisode: "A Horse Is a Horse"
1999–2000 Strangers with Candy Stew4 episodes
2002 Curb Your Enthusiasm Dr. BloreEpisode: "Chet's Shirt"
2003 Undeclared Professor BeyserEpisode: "God Visits"
Hi GuysTommyTelevision film
2005 According to Jim Dave2 episodes
2008 Factory Smitty6 episodes
2009 The Beast Dr. Warren ShelbyEpisode: "The Walk In"
2011–2012 Boss Jack Bentley5 episodes
2012Breaking the NewsTodd StraitTelevision film
2012–2013 The Mob Doctor Dr. Ian Flanigan9 episodes
2013–2019 Chicago Fire Erik McAuley / McAuley3 episodes
Veep Andrew Meyer15 episodes
2015Cop DramaMayorTelevision film
2016 The Jamz Kasey4 episodes
Easy DaveEpisode: "Art and Life"
2017Special SkillsCasting DirectorEpisode: "Party Animals"
Shrink Pastor KaineEpisode: "Cool Ranch"
2017, 2018 Superior Donuts Lou2 episodes
2017–2020 At Home with Amy Sedaris Tony Pugnalata10 episodes
2018 Empire Beekman PoserEpisode: "Fair Terms"
Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters CarolEpisode: "Devil in the Blue Jeans"
Madam Secretary Prime Minister Enzo MorettiEpisode: "The Magic Rake"
2018–2019 Lodge 49 Blaise St. John20 episodes
2020 The Conners CyrilEpisode: "Bridge Over Troubled Conners"
InfernoLeonard GregoryTelevision film
2021–2022 The Book of Boba Fett Mok Shaiz's majordomo5 episodes
2022 She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Craig Hollis / Mr. Immortal Episode: "Just Jen"

References

  1. "David Pasquesi". Lake Bluff History Museum. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  2. Guerrasio, Jason (September 4, 2007). "Jeff Garlin on I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With". Filmmaker . Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  3. Garron, Barry (June 26, 2008). "Spike TV's "Factory" may win favor". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved December 14, 2017 via Reuters.
  4. Pedersen, Erik (August 17, 2017). "New York TV Festival Lists Picks For Its Script Competition". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  5. McCarthy, Todd (May 5, 2009). "Angels & Demons". Variety . Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  6. "'Year One' stars Jack Black, Michael Cera". Chicago Tribune . June 19, 2009. Archived from the original on June 22, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  7. Karpovsky, Alex (June 27, 2009), Trust Us, This Is All Made Up (Documentary), T. J. Jagodowski, David Pasquesi, retrieved January 25, 2021
  8. Ford, Anne (June 5, 2008). "Life Without a Script". Chicago Reader. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  9. "Online Events". Chicago Reader. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  10. "The Daily Texan - Docs, new category among film highlights". Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  11. TJ And Dave's T.J. Jagodowski and David Pasquesi Archived August 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine